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Department: Journalism

Sophie Amid-Hozour

Sophie Amid-Hozour is a program associate for the CEO Fund at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2023, Sophie worked at various nonprofits around the Bay Area, including Humanity United and Catholic Charities Youth Club in East Palo Alto. Additionally, Sophie worked at Plug and Play Tech Center, a corporate innovation platform, …

Madeleine Perkins

Madeleine Perkins is a communications manager at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2018, Madeleine wrote about science and politics for Business Insider. She also held research positions at the California Coastkeeper Alliance and the Earth Law Center. Madeleine received her bachelor’s degree in sociology and environmental studies from the University of Victoria in Canada, and …

Brian Eule

Brian Eule is the Director of Journalism and Communications at the Heising-Simons Foundation, where he created both the Communications department and the Foundation’s Journalism grantmaking initiative, which awards grants to journalism nonprofits each year. As part of that, he created and directs the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, the largest journalism prize in the United States. …

Jorge Cino

Jorge Cino is the deputy director of journalism and communications at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2015, he managed internal and external communications at the Levi Strauss Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co.’s philanthropic arm, and served as the senior communications associate at the Family Independence Initiative, a national nonprofit dedicated to …